Yep the DFG has set up a series of classes (essentially lectures) where some "scientific experts" in the field will educate DFG personnel about any possible implications that global warming will have (if it exists) on the fish, birds, and game we fish or hunt for.
They are also going to allow the public to attend these lectures when they are not completely filled with DFG personnel.
This is not about funding bogus research it's about DFG educating their own personnel. My take is that if global warming might possibly have some kind of negative impact on our fish, I want the people who manage them to know about it. I also like the fact they will be open to the public, because that way we can keep tabs on what they are being told.
Fisheries like our Salmon fishery are highly dependent on water flow and temperatures in the rivers they spawn, and even small changes can cause huge problems.
Remember the record fish kill in the Klamath in 2002? Where something like 50 thousand Salmon died before they could spawn?
That happened because politicians not scientists said the fish could survive with less flow and higher water temperatures.
Well they didn't, they just all died.
Personally I'd rather they spend money on educating DFG people to possible water quality issues that could impact fishing, then spend it on overtime when they are counting dead fish after something goes wrong with our water quality.
If and I do say
if global warming might have some negative impact on our fish, I not only want the people who manage our fishery to know about it before it hits the fan, but I also want the DFG to blame water quality not fisherman if something goes wrong.
Jim